SaaStr

APRIL 4, 2024

Dear SaaStr: I’m Being Recruited by a Startup That Just Raised $5m. Decide if the CEO is literally a 10/10 and ideally the CTO If you aren’t sure the CEO is truly great, and ideally, the CTO, then ask around. How Do I Vet Them? First, there’s probably something there if they raised $5m. At least, usually.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 27, 2024

Dear SaaStr: What are some common reasons for the failure of startups? My experience across leading 30+ seed investments, including 4 billion+ exits so far, on why startups fail: Not 200% committed to winning no matter what. That might be OK for a few months, but beyond that, startups fall into a decay curve they don’t recover from.

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SaaStr

JUNE 3, 2022

Dharmesh Shah, co-founder and CTO, gave 2 amazing SaaStr talks and 1 amazing deep-dive so far. The post A Look Back: 3 Amazing SaaStr Sessions with Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founder and CTO of HubSpot appeared first on SaaStr.

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SaaStr

MAY 28, 2023

SaaStr 663: 9 Things I Wish I Would Have Told My 2013 Self: Lessons Learned from 9 Years with Heap’s Former CTO, Dan Robinson   3. SaaStr 660: CRO Confidential: 3 Secrets For Early-Stage Startups To Acquire Customers With CoSell.io Co-Founder & Co-CEO Brendon Cassidy  5. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Valerian Tech

DECEMBER 30, 2022

The role of a Fractional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) is to provide technical expertise and leadership to a company on a part-time or temporary basis. This can be a useful option for startups or small businesses that may not have the resources to hire a full-time CTO or may not need one on a permanent basis.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

SaaStr 636: Extreme Product Design: Building Things People Actually Use with Stripe CTO David Singleton  2. SaaStr 635: CRO Confidential: How Customer-First Focus Drives Retention and Revenue With Brex GM of Startups Lucas Fox   3. SaaStr CRO Confidential: Brex GM of Startups Lucas Fox on Customer Retention and Expansion 3.

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SaaStr

JUNE 4, 2023

SaaStr 663: 9 Things I Wish I Would Have Told My 2013 Self: Lessons Learned from 9 Years with Heap’s Former CTO, Dan Robinson  4. Lessons Learned from 9 Years at Heap with Advisor & Former CTO Dan Robinson 2. 5 Interesting Learnings from Monday.com at $640,000,000 in ARR Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

JUNE 26, 2022

SaaStr 564: Top 10 Learnings Architecting a High Throughput Critical API with RevenueCat CTO Miguel Carranza. The 5 things that kill startups after their seed rounds with Michael Seibel, CEO of Y Combinator. The post Top SaaStr Content for the Week: Gusto CEO, RevenueCat CTO, Intercom CEO, Notion CRO, and More!

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SaaStr

MARCH 20, 2022

with AgentSync Co-Founder & CTO Jenn Knight and OpenPhone Co-Founder Daryna Kulya. SaaStr 535: From SendGrid to DigitalOcean: Hacks for Founders of High-Growth Startups with DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill. Hacks for Founders of High-Growth Startups with DigitalOcean CEO Yancey Spruill. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stripe’s CTO, David Singleton, shares how they use a system of feedback, iteration, and fast shipping to create products that meet users’ expectations. For instance, their earliest product responded to the online payment problem startups were experiencing.

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Free trials?

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 23, 2022

SaaStr 600: Founder Confidential with HubSpot Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah, & Founder and Executive Chairperson Brian Halligan. ?. SaaStr 599: Growth vs. Efficiency: How to Weatherproof Your SaaS Startup for Tougher Times with Point Nine Founder and Partner Christoph Janz. ? ?. The Average SaaS CEO is 43 at IPO (Updated).

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SaaStr

MAY 27, 2023

Dear SaaStr: When is a Startup Ready to Raise Venture Capital These Days? At seed stage, no strong CTO or technical team isn’t full-time or is outsourced. Churn too high Burn too high Competitors growing faster Already raised “too much” capital The post Dear SaaStr: When is a Startup Ready to Raise Venture Capital These Days?

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SaaStr

JUNE 25, 2023

What are some qualities of a bad startup CEO/founder in Silicon Valley? A great CTO usually can solve this problem just in time to save the customers, but without one, revenue stalls. The post Dear SaaStr: What Are Some of the Qualities of a “Bad” Startup CEO? The best CEOs and founders are just fast.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We caught up with one of the SaaStr community’s favorite speakers, Dharmesh Shah CTO and co-founder of Hubspot on lessons learnings launching a second product. 2) Often, startups are a victim of their own success. Hubspot recently expanded its Sales products and the learnings were top of mind.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 16, 2023

To convert an idea into a successful venture, startups need to be equipped to scale. Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. . Hiring a reliable team is an all-encompassing issue where startups dive in head-first but fail to optimize it for success. .

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Or at least where the co-founder CTO is a true equal partner to the CEO. Unless again, you have a true CTO as well, that is also leading the company. But usually there is an amazing CTO from Day 1. But still, I’ve found the SaaS startups without a strong technical background in the founders just … iterate more slowly.

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SaaStr

JULY 24, 2022

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Chances of a Startup CEO Getting Fired? Sometimes, they are pushed a bit there, to move to a CTO or other role, when the company gets big and complicated. The post Dear SaaStr: What Are The Chances of a Startup CEO Getting Fired? Fairly low. First, let’s step back. Who can actually fire the CEO?

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Dear SaaStr: What Are The Top Things to Know Before Starting a SaaS Startup? A mediocre “coder” CTO because you can’t code … won’t really work out. Venture capital is a niche type of funding and 99% of startups will never be able to raise venture capital. Top of my list: Picking a mediocre co-founder just doesn’t work.

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TechEmpower SaaS

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Although noteworthy, working with large corporations differs remarkably from working with startups. cto , product , saas Are they publicly available? Beware of being swayed by big-name firms or impressive name-dropping. Understand exactly what the company contributed to each project. Or do you need help evaluating software firms?

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SaaStr

MARCH 5, 2023

SaaStr 636: Extreme Product Design: Building Things People Actually Use with Stripe CTO David Singleton  5. SaaStr 635: CRO Confidential: How Customer-First Focus Drives Retention and Revenue With Brex GM of Startups Lucas Fox                       Top Videos This Week: 1. appeared first on SaaStr.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 14, 2021

Formerly the CTO at Motorola, she left to co-lead Cisco’s engineering organization worldwide. On Wednesday, July 28 at 12pm PT, Redpoint Office Hours welcomes Padmasree, who is current the CEO of Fable ,the social reading platform that brings stories for everyone, anywhere. She serves on the boards of Microsoft and Spotify.

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SaaStr

DECEMBER 16, 2023

You really need a great CTO, not just a good business team. A mediocre tech team, a part-time CTO, or even just a decent CTO just doesn’t get you there. If you can’t do the time, don’t do the startup. This isn’t B2C and virality won’t accelerate the process enough in the early days.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Q: Is there a successful startup that has outsourced its MVP? So our CTO sat resident in a design firm and worked with the devs there for the first 3 months. The post Is there a successful startup that has outsourced its MVP? It’s more common than you think. We partly outsourced our MVP at Adobe / Sign. of Slack was outsourced.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 9, 2022

Investments I've made that didn't work out: – Momentum investment – CEO a bit of bulls**t artist – CEO good at sales but weak product team / CTO. CEO good at sales, but CTO not that great. A truly great CTO though makes sure it doesn’t really catch up to you. Really hard. I do understand SaaS.

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TechEmpower SaaS

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This isn’t just our opinion - our startup metrics prove it! cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas And if you’re like most people, you’ve also probably struggled to fill those boxes in. Everyone struggles with empty text boxes. Populating them can be hard work, especially when the content needs to be just right.

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TechEmpower SaaS

AUGUST 21, 2023

Outgrowing your stack: Your tech stack was just right for your startup. Process and Team Review It’s easy for development teams, especially startup teams, to cut process corners in the name of shipping features. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas But as you’ve grown, it’s become cumbersome and constraining.

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SaaStr

JULY 31, 2022

4 Signs You Might Have a “Bad” CTO — Or At Least, One That Isn’t Going to Make It. An updated SaaStr post on signs your CTO may not really be strong enough for your app to stand out in today’s crowded markets. SaaStr 574: 5 Scale-Up Mistakes for Startups with Dave Kellogg. Top Podcasts This Week: 1.

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SaaStr

JUNE 11, 2023

SaaStr 663: 9 Things I Wish I Would Have Told My 2013 Self: Lessons Learned from 9 Years with Heap’s Former CTO, Dan Robinson  4. SaaStr 660: CRO Confidential: 3 Secrets For Early-Stage Startups To Acquire Customers With CoSell.io Lessons Learned from 9 Years at Heap with Advisor & Former CTO Dan Robinson 4.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 30, 2022

The Simple Reason Startups That Just Raised $100s of Millions Are Doing Layoffs. SaaStr 600: Founder Confidential with HubSpot Founder and CTO Dharmesh Shah, & Founder and Executive Chairperson Brian Halligan. ?. Each week, we round up our most popular content so you can catch up on anything you may have missed. Billion in ARR.

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The SaaS Garage

DECEMBER 15, 2022

repath , an emerging Impact startup founded in Hamburg in 2021, raises €1.2 “It’s important and that we are in line with the current state of the art in science and that we see ourselves as a research-based impact startup.” The post Impact startup repath raises 1.2 repath raises 1.2

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Or at least — where the co-founder CTO is a true equal partner to the CEO. But usually there is an amazing (in terms of cleverness, if not always pure skillset) CTO from Day 1. But still, I’ve found the SaaS startups without a strong technical background in the founders just … iterate more slowly.

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SaaStr

JUNE 18, 2023

SaaStr 666: Scaling a SaaS Startup to $1B+ ARR: Insights from UiPath’s CEO and Founder Daniel Dines  2. SaaStr 663: 9 Things I Wish I Would Have Told My 2013 Self: Lessons Learned from 9 Years with Heap’s Former CTO, Dan Robinson                                   Top Videos This Week: 1.

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OpenView Labs

MAY 12, 2020

Welcome to In CASEYou Missed It , where I take a brief break from my Weekly Walks to get to know some of the most interesting and innovative personalities behind the greatest startups in the world. The post ICYMI: Meet Mailchimp’s CTO Eric Muntz appeared first on OpenView. Listen to clips from Casey’s interview with Eric. ? ? ?.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2021

It’s been a fun experience being on Quora for … a decade We’ve crossed 60,000,000 views of our answers there, so let’s take a look at the Top 50 most viewed SaaStr Answers on Quora in 2020: Why do many startup owners sell their firm and move on instead of planning on making it a big player like Google, Microsoft, etc.?

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

David’s first foray into SaaS was in 1999 when he joined a startup that would become PayPal, starting as the product leader and later as the COO. David considers product to be its own department that should also report directly to the CEO, instead of falling under the CTO. CTO (40 Employees). CTO (114 Employees).

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

I recently asked on Twitter when folks knew their startup had something … great. What was the moment when you knew your startup was really doing something great? ” — Jason Riedel, founder/CTO of Aspireship. ” — Jason Riedel, founder/CTO of Aspireship. 20% conversion. 20% conversion.

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